Collection: Adult Non Fiction - History

"On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in...

"Historian Matthew Wright explores the evolution of New Zealand's most historically significant document, the Treaty of Waitangi, from its origins to its place in the present day. From the early cultural collisions between Māori and Pākehā that led to this landmark agreement, to the many reint...

Who taught Catherine of Aragon English, helped Anne Boleyn get dressed in the morning, discussed sex with Anne of Cleves, or pushed religious revolution with Kathryn Parr? Every queen had ladies-in-waiting. Her confidantes and chaperones, they are the forgotten agents of the Tudor court. Ever pre...

This popular book about the history of Wales is now in its third edition. The book provides a good, clear history of Wales from Celtic origins to joining the Union, and an account of its social, political and industrial development to the modern age. It is an ideal guide for the student as well a...

Step back in time and take a walk through the sites and structures of this ancient city that reveal its fascinating history.

The essential companion, fully revised and updated, to the Australian battlefields on the Western Front, this new edition features: *Fully updated tour itineraries, including a new dedicated Villers-Bretonneux tour *Information about new memorials and museums opened since the book was first publi...

Review: Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running 73 miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least 26 miles down the Cumbrian coast. Built in a ten-year p...

In this gripping memoir, originally published in 1957, the Dutch author, codename 'Zip', recounts her extraordinary journey. A young fighter for the resistance during World War II, Zip is captured and held prisoner as part of the 'Night and Fog' unit, political prisoners who wait out the war in a...